Comments on: Blade Staff to Launch New Publication

By: debt big

debt big — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:01:26 +0000

I don't usually post on blogs but I found yours interesting. Keep up the good work. I've enjoyed reading here.

By: supranormal

supranormal — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:07:07 +0000

oMG!! Great post!!

By: Rick's Conscience

Rick's Conscience — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:12:18 +0000

Rickie dear... now stop flattering me !!! You and lil MQC OBVIOUSLY haven't looked into the FACTS-- the Washington Blade was solvent --it kept Windows afloat for a number of years. oh and the queen that is rantin' is obviously a cretin!! ;^)-

By: Rick Mangus

Rick Mangus — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:07 +0000

A reply to (Rick's Conscience #7) or should I say Miss / Professor Henry Higgins. Since you seem to be versed in the english language so well then you should know what a lemming is, I would say that fits you nicely. As far as my education and sour grapes, you do not know me nor my backgroud, so go follow blindly the other mindless queens over the cliff!

By: Box Turtle Bulletin » DC Publisher Says He Won Bid to Buy The Blade Before Shutdown

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:53:19 +0000

[...] Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff has said that he and other staffers plan to investigate starting a new paper. The Blade ran a profit as a standalone publication within Window Media, but not a large enough [...]

By: Marynotquitecontrary

Marynotquitecontrary — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:16:09 +0000

Does anybody really care? I mean, really? Face it, the ones who are starting this new newspaper are the ones who are/were there when the ship was going down. If you think for one minute that you can blame it all on the "corporation" and these poor folks were just carrying out their day to day activities as best they could, then: a) their best wasn't good enough and they should have been canned before now or b) they were, in fact, the so-called leaders of the now defunct paper and were in over their head(s). Wake up, smell the coffee and stop making excuses. Hold those accountable who are accountable and move on.

By: proballdc

proballdc — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:10:50 +0000

A gay white rag. I suppose the politically correct thing to do is to give them stimulus dollars so they can continue their gay white discriminatory publication. They failed because they are a bad business. They won't be the first and they won't be the last.

By: Rick's Conscience

Rick's Conscience — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:28:19 +0000

Rick, darling!! The proper phrase is good riddance! Too bad your rant just took on the uneducated quality of your alter ego Ms. MaryQuiteContrary. Hmmmm sour grapes, dearie?

By: The New York Times of gay publications closed today

The New York Times of gay publications closed today — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:14:47 +0000

[...] all gay publications. The Washington Times has the story. However, the Washington City Paper reports that newly unemployed Blade staff will start a new publication under a different name. As Tim [...]

By: Lesbian Tipping Habits

Lesbian Tipping Habits — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:26:48 +0000

Well, please go ahead and leave your bitches about Lesbian Tipping Habits at the new specialized blog on that subject.

By: UPDATED: Is the Washington Blade Closing? Employees Plan New Paper « Borderstan

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:57:26 +0000

[...] PDRTJS_settings_141389_post_9908 = { "id" : "141389", "unique_id" : "wp-post-9908", "title" : "UPDATED%3A+Is+the+Washington+Blade+Closing%3F+Employees+Plan+New+Paper", "item_id" : "_post_9908", "permalink" : "http%3A%2F%2Fborderstan.com%2F2009%2F11%2F16%2Fis-the-washington-blade-closing-employees-planning-new-venture%2F" } UPDATE: From the City Paper: Blade Staff to Launch New Publication [...]

By: It’s Monday… - Beyond the Books Blog - The GW Hatchet

It’s Monday… - Beyond the Books Blog - The GW Hatchet — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:50:06 +0000

[...] that their parent company, Window Media, had filed for bankruptcy, according to reports from the Washington City Paper and Politico. The new publication does not yet have a name. National Gallery of Art Sculpture [...]

By: Washington Blade’s Final Hours; SoVo’s Staff Lament « The NLGJA Blog

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:43:47 +0000

[...] reported elsewhere in the City Paper, Hess confirms that the Blade will no longer exist, but that Blade staffers will start a new [...]

By: Rick Mangus

Rick Mangus — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:29:20 +0000

Good Bye!, and Good Riddens! This paper has never been socially responsible to our community and here's why. Example, During the height of AIDS crisis in the 80's when we still had little knowledge of how and why the AIDS virus spreads, the Blade still posted commercial $$$$$ ads for male escorts. In the past number of years they posted a $$$$$ ads for the 'Men's Parties', knowing that this place was unsafe from a health and safety stand point(remember the 2004 fire). When it came time to report on the death there this past October they buried the story on page 39, because 'Men's Parties' took out a half page $$$$$ ad every week, we wouldn't want to piss off our advertisers. Back in 1991 Craig Dean and Pat Gill took on the DC Government and tried to get married. The Blade buried that story as well back then, and never even mention this as background in recent reporting on the current council hearings. All because the Blade and Lisa Keen at that time were kissing the ass of then Mayor Sharon Pratt, Dixon, Kelly....what ever! This city has the hightest rate of HIV in the United States and all we get from the Blade is stories like 'what's it like to be gay in Iraq', who cares! When you throw out journalistic integrity for the all mighty dollar and go against the community that you are serving then, you deserive to go out of business.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:06:30 +0000

I'm delighted by the news. And there's a model for this. In Chicago, staff members of the Windy City News defected en masse to start the Chicago Free Press -- perhaps the best Gay newspaper in Chicago. So, I wish them well.